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Home buyers are rushing to get mortgages before rates rise further . The mortgage market has been shaken up since the election of Donald Trump as president. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported loan application volume increased a very encouraging 5.5 percent (in spite of rates climbing) from the previous week.

Zuckerberg admits some of the new steps might not work, but says the company is taking the spread of misinformation seriously. - Easy reporting . Making it much easier for people to report stories as fake will help us catch more misinformation faster.

Everything you need to have the best VR experience is in a single box: "the Vive Headset, two motion controllers, and two base stations for 360 degree room-scale tracking". HTC announced that fans can buy the impressive Vive VR headset for $699 on Black Friday . We like the Vive, with my colleague Sherri L. Smith declaring that the headset delivers an unrivaled VR experience in her review of the headset.

MSG says it has stopped the incident, but it is asking anyone affected to monitor their statements for possible fraud. As NYC readies for the big Thanksgiving Day parade, a breach affecting some of the city's most famous venues, including Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall, has been disclosed .

Markets including South Korea, China, the UK, Brazil and Denmark have tapped into the commercial tradition. A Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,639 adults online showed 63 percent did not plan to shop on Black Friday this year. ComScore predicts online spending on Cyber Monday will jump to $3.5 billion from $3.12 billion a year ago. Make a plan: Retailers released digital versions of their ads earlier this month through their store websites - it's all about winning the wallets of shoppers, ...